Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy convened a workshop in Nay Pyi Taw to accelerate the adoption of solar power, framing the shift as critical for long-term energy security.
The initiative signals a strategic push to diversify the country’s electricity mix, which remains heavily reliant on conventional sources.
Solar energy currently contributes only 4% to Myanmar’s total electricity generation, according to remarks by Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin at the event.
Solar energy currently contributes only 4% to Myanmar’s total electricity generation, according to remarks by Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin at the event.
The low penetration rate highlights the significant infrastructure and investment gap that must be bridged to make solar a meaningful component of the national grid.
The push for renewable expansion comes against a backdrop of deepening instability.
ASEAN foreign ministers are preparing to hold a special meeting to address the ongoing civil war and reassess the bloc’s engagement strategy with the military junta.